The candidacy of an African woman, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to lead the World Bank represents a historic opportunity to strengthen the…
Book abstract: When countries discover that they possess large deposits of oil and natural gas, the news is usually welcome. Yet,…
All right, confess: If you've heard of Mauritius at all, it's probably because you know it as the former home of the dodo bird. But there…
Will reforms emerging from the 2008 crisis have a global impact and influence developing countries? Evidence suggests that this happened…
Libyans have a new lease on life, a feeling that, at long last, they are the masters of their own fate. Perhaps Iraqis, after a decade of…
The role of science, technology, and engineering in solving Africa's most challenging economic problems—from telecommunications to…
Today, three of ten people on the planet rely on others to grow their food and 900 million remain chronically food insecure. By 2050 the…
To survive the droughts, wars and other major causes of famine, Africa must embrace technologies that enable it to produce more, better…
Poverty, although it has declined dramatically in the last few decades, affects more than a billion
people in the contemporary world. Their…
The Atlas of Economic Complexity: Mapping Paths to Prosperity measures the diversity of productive knowledge of 128 countries and…